Physics
106: Fundamentals of Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics with Laboratory
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Syllabus
I. Nature
of Light
waves
and particles
speed
of light
atoms
and light
II. Geometrical
Optics
reflection
and refraction
ray
tracing
mirrors
and thin lenses
optical
instruments: eye, magnifier, microscope, and telescope
optical
aberrations
III. Electrostatics:
Forces
electric
charges
Coulomb's
law
electric
field and field lines
point
charge and dipole in E-field
IV. Electrostatics:
Energy
equipotential
surfaces
calculating
potential from field
calculating
field from potential
capacitors
in parallel and in series
storing
energy in E-fields
dielectrics
V. Current and
Resistance
Ohm's
law
energy
and power in electric circuits
VI. Circuits
resistors
in series and in parallel, Kirchhoff's rules
RC
circuits
VII. Magnetic Fields
currents
and magnetic fields
solenoids
and toroids
magnetic
force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying
wire
torque
on a current loop
MRI
VIII. Electromagnetic Induction
Faraday's
law
Lenz's
law
IX. Alternating Current
domestic
circuits
the
transformer
X. Physical Optics
polarization
Young's
experiment
thin
film interference
single-slit
diffraction
the
diffraction grating
circular
aperture and resolving power
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